NSF Award

Posted on Aug 21, 2017

nTact, is pleased to announce the National Science Foundation has awarded us an SBIR Phase I grant for “Scalable fabrication of stable perovskite solar panels using slot-die coating technique.” The award proposes to develop scalable, reliable, reproducible, and cost-effective technology to manufacture perovskite photovoltaic devices using nTact’s industry-proven slot die coating technique. In this project, nTact, in partnership with the Texas State University Physics Department, will use nTact’s slot die coating method and air stable p-i-n devices architecture to manufacture perovskite solar panel with a target power conversion efficiency of 20%, operational lifetime of more than 10,000 hours, power-to-weight ratio of 1 kW/kg, and target manufacturing cost of less than $0.3/W. This is over a 40% reduction in costs when compared to industry leading photovoltaic technologies.